How old is HP in this story? Still a child, or Hogwarts age? I haven't come across a good Sherlock cross yet irc, most of them have Harry as abused and Sherlock takes over as the father figure. Most of those include Watson slash.

And a Sherlock crossover that actually has a murder mystery/investigation? Hax.

Will read and review.

 

The HP and Sherlock timelines are preserved. Thus Harry is 30 or so. Using Canon with the 19 years later.

One thing that is bugging me about this story:

Spoiler

John is/was a Wizard and was in Harry's dorm. And he has lost his magic.

EDIT:

So I finished it.

There should be some warnings attached to this fic

1. It's John centric.

If you don't like/don't care about Watson your not going to like this fic.

2. Muggles kinda, sorta, just about may do some things better than wizards.

This isn't stressed and wizards aren't portrayed as usless and backwards. I felt is should be mentioned anyways, because some people hate the very notion.

3. It's very short and the central mystery get's resolved in a rather straightforward way.

If you wasn't some kind of a grand mystery this isn't for you. This fic felt more like a standard episode of Sherlock. As in Holmes get's a hold of the central piece of evidence and that sets forward a speedy and decisive conclusion. This was almost refreshing for me as I have been reading almost nothing but DLP fics lately. A story where shit gets resolved is almost novel. There is also a very clear opening for a squeal which gives me hope.

 

Reading the summary instantly made me hope for Harry being the antagonist going on a little murder-spree, dealing with some unfinished business from his muggle life. Family, school-mates, neighbours, teachers. Sherlock takes the case.

Dare I hope?

 

The Sherlock pov's were my favorite part. While John is angtsy (is there a fic where John doesn't mope at some point?), he gets better. I enjoyed the mystery even though it was short and largely off-screen.

The story made me want to read more about the past or the future in this AU crossover. Good, short read.

 

I wouldn't rate this above average. The dialogue between characters is stale and not really in character, but I haven't seen Sherlock, so they might be in character. The plot is not really all that interesting.

3/5

 

I liked this a quite a bit.

I could live without all the angst from John, but that's par for the course in fics like this.

Harry, at this age, was exactly how I pictured him in my head.

3.5/5

 

It was decent, but there was no mystery. And the main character was Watson and not Sherlock, which made the whole thing a bit boring.

2/5 from me.

 

It could use more material. This feels like the setup to a much longer story.

On its own merits it's a 3/5.